A Preliminary Study on the Spider diversity in Moharli forest region Tadoba (TATR) District Chandrapur, (Maharashtra state) India

The diversity of spider species is influenced by the availability of prey and the ecological characteristics of their habitats. The order Araneae, belonging to the class Arachnida, encompasses spiders that play crucial roles in terrestrial food webs and good bioindicators. The research work done to identified spider’s species diversity from some localities of Moharli, Tadoba (TATR) District Chandrapur of MS. The collection of spiders from different sites including, Moharli, Sitarampeth, Moharli to Chandrapur road and lake side area. The research was for the period of 08 months extending from June 2025 to January 2026. In present investigation total 20 spider species belonging to 09 families were identified, out of which 07 individuals were identified of family Araneidae was dominant and followed by Salticidae, Tetragnathidae, Oxyopidae, Pholcidae, Nephilidae, Lycosidae, Agelenidae and Sparassidae.